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Mirza Shafi Vazeh

1794 - 1852

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Mirza Shafi Vazeh (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh; میرزا شفیع واضح; died 16 November 1852) was an Azerbaijani poet and teacher. Under the pseudonym "Vazeh", which means "expressive, clear", he wrote in both Azerbaijani and Persian, developing the traditions of poetry in both languages. He compiled the first anthology of Azerbaijani poetry and a Tatar-Russian dictionary for the Tiflis gymnasium with Russian teacher Ivan Grigoriev. He wrote multiple ghazals, mukhammases, mathnawis and rubais. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirza Shafi Vazeh is the 1,999th most popular writer (up from 2,042nd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 41st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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Among writers, Mirza Shafi Vazeh ranks 1,999 out of 7,302. Before him are Juan Donoso Cortés, Frances Harper, Walter Tevis, Paul Morand, Ahad Ha'am, and Péter Esterházy. After him are Elizabeth of the Trinity, Vasyl Stus, Langston Hughes, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Bálint Balassi, and Konstantin Ushinsky.

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Among people born in 1794, Mirza Shafi Vazeh ranks 19. Before him are Léon Cogniet, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Eduard Rüppell, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Ami Boué, and Jacques Collin de Plancy. After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Aimable Pélissier, Pyotr Chaadayev, Friedrich Christian Diez, and Carl Borivoj Presl. Among people deceased in 1852, Mirza Shafi Vazeh ranks 27. Before him are Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, Xavier de Maistre, Thomas Moore, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Gotthold Eisenstein, and Matthias Castrén. After him are Étienne Maurice Gérard, Salvadore Cammarano, Amir Kabir, Carl Borivoj Presl, Prince Paul of Württemberg, and Vincenzo Gioberti.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Shafi Vazeh ranks 36 out of 232. Before him are Shirali Muslimov (1805), Tofiq Bahramov (1925), Fikret Amirov (1922), Gara Garayev (1918), Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896), and Zeynab Khanlarova (1936). After him are Vagit Alekperov (1950), Mahsati (1089), Vladimir Menshov (1939), Ziba Ganiyeva (1923), Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906), and Hovannes Adamian (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Shafi Vazeh ranks 7. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), and Banine (1905). After him are Mahsati (1089), Samad Vurgun (1906), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Ahmad Javad (1892), Armen Ohanian (1887), and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925).

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